VOA – CONNECT
EPISODE  90   
AIR DATE  10 04 2019  
TRANSCRIPT


OPEN  ((VO/NAT)) 
((Banner)) 
Our Home
((SOT))   
((Cynthia Miller, Co-owner, The Most Unlikely Place)) 
This is where we've all chosen to live, and so, we will do 
everything we can to make it into where we want to live.  
((Animation Transition)) 
((Banner))
Peace in the Air
((SOT)) 
((Jana-Leigh Sheaffer, Wing Walker))
People say, 'Well, you must be an adrenaline junkie' or 'You 
must, you know, be a thrill seeker' and I'm actually really not. 
I really like the peacefulness up there.  
((Animation Transition)) 
((Banner)) 
Winery Traditions
((SOT)) 
((Peter Mondavi Jr., Co-Proprietor, Charles Krug 
Winery))  
We have almost 500 wineries here in Napa Valley.  One of 
the very unique things about us is we've been family owned 
for 75 years.  
((Open Animation))  
 

BLOCK A 
 

((PKG))  A MOST UNLIKELY PLACE   
((Banner:  A Small Town Revival))  
((Reporter/Camera:  Deepak Dobhal))
((Map:  Lewellen, Nebraska))
((Main characters:  2 males, 2 females)) 
((Sub character:  1 female)) 
((Map:  Lewellen, Nebraska))
((NATS/ Music: Up and under….)) 
((Popup Banner:  A family of artists tries to save a small 
town from fading away)) 
((NATS/ Music: Up and under - laughter)) 
((Cynthia Miller, Co-owner, The Most Unlikely Place)) 
This is The Most Unlikely Place in Lewellen, Nebraska.  
((NATS/ Music: Up, under and out)) 
((Cynthia Miller, Co-owner, The Most Unlikely Place)) 
My husband Dennis, my brother-in-law, Rex Miller, and my 
sister-in-law, Jean Jensen.  
((NATS – group chatting)) 
((Jean Jensen, Artist)) 
We were all involved in a lot of, a couple of years of 
economic development meetings, and after a while, we, kind 
of, thought we should just do it and start taking action and do 
less planning and make more direct changes.  
((NATS - traffic passing by))  
((Dennis Miller, Artist)) 
We have six buildings all together here.  Buildings were run 
down and some of them probably would have collapsed if we 
hadn't fixed the roof.  The first building that we bought is the 
one which is now The Most Unlikely Place.  
((NATS/ Music: Up and under….)) 
((Cynthia Miller, Co-owner, The Most Unlikely Place))
We purchased the building when it was a 100 years old in 
2008.  We cleaned it up, took out the ceiling, did some 
renovating.  The guys spent three months the first winter, 
just working on this place.  Started as a gallery because the 
artists needed a place to hang some art.   
((Jean Jensen, Artist)) 
Right.  
((Cynthia Miller, Co-owner, The Most Unlikely Place)) 
Our homes were full and our children's homes were full and 
it’s time..... 
((Jean Jensen, Artist)) 
Our closets were full.   
((NATS/ Music: Up and under….)) 
((Cynthia Miller, Co-owner, The Most Unlikely Place)) 
Dennis is the pastel artist, Jean Jensen paints oils and 
watercolors, and Rex has all of the wood sculpture.   
((NATS/ Music: Up and under….)) 
((Cynthia Miller, Co-owner, The Most Unlikely Place)) 
Then we purchased a coffee machine in order to have, 
maybe, a little more business and learned how to make 
coffee drinks.  And then someone suggested that we might 
have a brunch, a Sunday brunch.  
((NATS/ Music: under….)) 
((NATS/Sound – group chatting)) 
Welcome.   
Hi, Jenny.  Nice to see you! 
Good to see you my dear.  
And who did you bring? 
My sister, Jean and her husband, John.))   
((NATS/ Music: Up and under….)) 
((Cynthia Miller, Co-owner, The Most Unlikely Place))  
When we first opened, there were tables up by the windows.  
So, that's quite a distance.  So, I put my skates on in order to 
get down to the end of the room more efficiently.  
((NATS/ Music: under – group chatting))  
((Cynthia Miller, Co-owner, The Most Unlikely Place)) 
Every table has a history and everything has been donated.  
We're happy to take whatever anyone wants to give us. 
((NATS/ Music: under – group chatting))  
((Cynthia Miller, Co-owner, The Most Unlikely Place)) 
Many guests say this is the perfect name for this place 
because it's unlikely that this place would be here in this little 
town.  It doesn't seem to make sense to them.  They say, 
well, this should be in San Francisco or in Vail or somewhere 
else.  
((NATS/ Music: Up and under….)) 
((Cynthia Miller, Co-owner, The Most Unlikely Place)) 
We have all kinds of crafts from local artists.  We have an 
area on the wall for a featured artist each month.  We have 
local authors.  We have book signings and readings 
occasionally.  
((Local Artist)) 
She'll sell our things there and so it brings the artist.  I was 
an artist who was under the table.  I didn't know.  I just did it.  
I gave it away as presents.  I never thought I could ever sell 
my stuff.  
((NATS – outdoor and indoor ambiance)) 
((Dennis Miller, Artist)) 
The next door building, which was the old Lewellen hotel, 
became available.  It is now Rex's woodworking shop.  The 
upstairs part, my sister Jean now has her studio in.  
((NATS – Jean painting)) 
((Jean Jensen, Artist)) 
I have really been eyeing it and liking the light and thinking it 
would be a good studio, but it was, kind of, a mess and 
needed some work.  So, Rex helped and we, well, he did 
most of the work, so we insulated it and, you know, cleaned 
a bunch of junk out of it and I've been painting since.  
((Dennis Miller, Artist)) 
And then, on down the fourth building on the corner, was an 
old filling station.  It now has a gallery in it that we rented out 
to a local art club.  So they, group of artists, have their 
gallery there.  When we started actually doing it, we really 
didn't have a vision.  We didn't have any goals.  We didn't 
really know what the building was going to be.  
((Dennis Miller, Artist)) 
We just started and, kind of, let it evolve into what it became 
over time.  
((NATS – outdoor ambiance)) 
((Rex Miller, Woodcarver)) 
And we want to create things that we can enjoy ourselves.  
((Dennis Miller, Artist)) 
Yeah. 
((Rex Miller, Woodcarver)) 
And our friends and community can enjoy.  
((NATS – outdoor ambiance)) 
((Dennis Miller, Artist)) 
So, we have signage on the highway.  We were able to fix 
up the fronts of the buildings and create some activity in 
town.  So, it certainly does and it has drawn people into the 
town.  In the last five years, we've gotten 49 people, 49 
homes sold.  
((NATS – outdoor ambiance)) 
((Cynthia Miller, Co-owner, The Most Unlikely Place)) 
When people see that the town is alive, then they're more 
likely to want to live there.  
((NATS – outdoor ambiance….music under)) 
((Cynthia Miller, Co-owner, The Most Unlikely Place)) 
We have pride in our town.  This is our home.  This is where 
we've all chosen to live.  And so, we will do everything we 
can to make it into where we want to live.  
((MUSIC/ up and out)) 

 
TEASE  ((VO/NAT)) 
Coming up….. 
((Banner)) 
Wing Walker 
((NATS)) 
((SOT:  Announcer))
That's a wing walk, folks.  She walked to the end of the wing 
just using her hands to hold on.   


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BLOCK B   
 
 
((PKG))  WING WALKER    
((Banner:  Up in the Air)) 
((Reporter:  Philip Alexiou)) 
((Camera:  Philip Alexiou, Martin Secrest))  
((Adapted by:  Jacquelyn De Phillips))  
((Map:  Bealeton, Virginia;  Lancaster, Pennsylvania)) 
((Main character:  1 female))  
((Sub characters:  1 female, 2 males))  
((NATS/Sound under….)) 
((Jana-Leigh Sheaffer, Esthetician, Wing Walker)) 
I started out back in 1989.  I became a nail tech and that was 
the first thing I did and I had a love for that.  I was very 
young, my kids were very young, and I just decided that that 
was something I wanted to do.  I realized that I had a love for 
esthetics, which is facials, and so I went to school for that to 
become an esthetician.  Then I had to go back to school for 
massage therapy.   
((NATS – Jana)) 
Jana:  So nice you’re out with the girls today. 
((Jana-Leigh Sheaffer, Esthetician, Wing Walker)) 
I have the full range of the spa and salon.  I love what I do.  
I'm passionate about it.   
((NATS – Jana)) 
Jana:  Well, I'll be doing your facial.  Again, I'm Jana.  Nice 
to meet you.   
((Jana-Leigh Sheaffer, Esthetician, Wing Walker)) 
So, I was thinking about why I love to pamper people. 
Because that's really been a passion in my life, pampering 
and bringing comfort to people.  That probably stems from 
my childhood.  I had an abusive childhood growing up: 
sexual, physical, emotional.  And that was a lot to overcome, 
and, I think, that that's why I take pleasure in just being 
nurturing and comforting people.  I could have chose to turn 
to drugs, alcohol and choose that lifestyle.  I just made a 
decision that I'm going to live by my mom's advice when she 
said, 'You know what Jan, you have to make the best of life. 
Life is what you make of it.'   
((NATS – Jana with client))
Client:  So, are you ready for the show this weekend?  
Jana:  I am.  The last show that we were going to go to was 
canceled due to the weather, so....   
Client:  Yeah.  Well, they're calling for great weather this 
weekend.   
Jana:  Yeah.  So, I'm looking forward to it.  
((NATS - Ambiance, Music from the Flying Circus)) 
Announcer:  Give a hand, folks.  Here come the pilots of the 
Flying Circus.  
((NATS - Ambiance, Music from the Flying Circus))
Announcer:  That's the way to start an airshow. 
((NATS – under for Jana)) 
((Jana-Leigh Sheaffer, Wing Walker))
I came to see my first show here at the Flying Circus in 
2004.  It’s like somebody is on the field.  I don't know who's 
doing what out there today.  I came with a friend and he 
thought that I would love this environment, which I do.  I was 
getting my private pilot's license at the time.  
((NATS – Jana)) 
Jana:  Well, we can go ahead and get the hangar doors 
open meanwhile.
((Jana-Leigh Sheaffer, Esthetician, Wing Walker))
I never left.  Basically I came and I saw the show and I was 
captivated by the wing walking.  There's really only about 
roughly 10 active female wing walkers currently.  I started 
the training then, and it's all placement of hands and feet and 
hand signals and where to step, because this is a fabric 
wing.  So, you have to be very careful as to where you place 
your feet.  Every so many inches are the wing spars, and 
this is where you have to place the balls of your feet. And 
then, of course, you go over the javelin which holds the fly 
wires together there.  So, it was all a matter of placement of 
hands and feet and three points of contact at all times.  
((NATS – Ambiance from the Flying Circus….)) 
Jana’s husband:  Alright, see you back here.  
Announcer:  The wing walking came about at the end of 
World War I, 1918, when hundreds and hundreds of pilots 
here in America.....let's watch the takeoff.  
((NATS – airplane taking off)) 
((Jana-Leigh Sheaffer, Esthetician, Wing Walker))
Every time I go up it's exciting.  It's just freedom up there. 
You can see for miles.  It's just an incredible feeling.  You 
just feel like a bird especially when you're on the top wing. 
That's my favorite part.   
When I'm on the top wing and I'm just up there just with my 
arms out and it's just, you know, the wind is just blowing 
through my hair and it's just like an amazing feeling.  Just a 
freedom.  I just love it.  I love the feeling.  
((NATS – Ambiance from the Flying Circus)) 
Announcer:  The airplane will get closer.  You're going to 
see Jana climb out of the wing, out of the cockpit.  No 
parachute.  No safety rope or harness.  That's a wing walk, 
folks.  She walked to the end of the wing just using her 
hands to hold on. 
((NATS – airplane in flight)) 
((Jana-Leigh Sheaffer, Esthetician, Wing Walker))
People say, 'Well, you must be an adrenaline junkie' or 'You 
must, you know, be a thrill seeker' and I'm actually really not.  
I really like the peacefulness up there.  I mean, it's loud.  
This is loud, loud, loud, loud, loud.  But when you're up 
there, it's just a serene feeling.  If you can put the loudness 
out of your mind, it's just a beautiful ride.  
((NATS – Ambiance from the Flying Circus)) 
Announcer:  Alright, there's Jana on the top wing, ladies 
and gentlemen.  We're going to dive for speed and do the 
loop.  Are you ready?  Here we go.  We’re going to get up to 
130 miles (209 kilometers) an hour and loop to Jana on the 
top wing.   
((NATS – Ambiance from the Flying Circus)) 
Announcer:  Here comes a nice picture taking pass.  And 
then, Jana's going to come and get out of the airplane and 
come sign your posters here.  You could wave to her.  Take 
a picture.  
((NATS – Ambiance from the Flying Circus)) 
Announcer:   Alright, now this time around, she's going to 
lower herself under that wing, and dangle by her feet, letting 
go with her hands.  So actually, let go with her hand, and 
swing underneath the wing by her feet.  Are you ready?  
There she is.  No parachute.  No safety rope.  And there she 
is, folks.  Woo!!
((NATS – Ambiance from the Flying Circus)) 
Announcer:  You get your poster and she's going to sign 
those posters in just a minute.  
((NATS – under for spectator…..)) 
Spectator:  I thought she was very daring.  I had a little pit in 
my stomach because I thought she  
((Spectator)) 
might make a mistake and fall, but I was very excited when 
she got on the ground.  It was awesome.
((NATS – Ambiance up and under for….Jana and 
spectators)) 
Jana:  There you go.  
Girl:  Thank you.  
Jana:  Thanks for coming today.   
Girl:  You're welcome.  
Jana:  She's so cute.  She treats it like gold.   
((NATS – Ambiance up and under for…..Jana and 
spectators)) 
Boy:  Hi.  Are you Superman?  I always wanted to fly one of 
those airplanes.   
Jana:  Oh, okay.  
Boy:  I don't like all planes, only jets.   
Jana:  Okay.  Really?  You like the old-time planes.  Alright. 
Well, that's awesome.  
((Jana-Leigh Sheaffer, Esthetician, Wing Walker))   
The thing I like best is signing the autographs, because 
you're inspiring the younger generation to either fly or to get 
into any aviation or to even do something they might have 
thought that they never could do, and just to inspire people 
to actually want to attain more in life.  That's important to me.
((NATS – airplane in flight)) 
 

TEASE  ((VO/NAT)) 
Coming up….. 
((Banner)) 
Still Chugging 
((NATS)) 
((SOT)) 
((Ryan Merrill, Train Master, Strasburg Railroad)) 
The railroad was chartered in 1832 and we're the oldest 
continuously operating railroad in North America.   


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BLOCK C  
((Banner:  Time Tested Pleasures)) 
 

((PKG))  US STEAM TRAIN 
((Banner:  Traveling)) 
((Reporter/Camera:  Deborah Block))
((Adapted by:  Philip Alexiou)) 
((Map:  Ronks, Pennsylvania)) 
((Main characters:  2 males))
((Sub characters:  1 male, 2 females)) 
((NATS - Train))
((Pop-Up Banner:  Riding a coal powered steam train on 
America’s oldest operating railroad)) 
((NATS - Train))  
((Steve Barrall, Station Manager, Strasburg Railroad))   
The Strasburg Railroad exists as this time capsule, if you 
will, somewhat stuck in time.   
((NATS - Train))    
((Steve Barrall, Station Manager, Strasburg Railroad))   
We really desire for people to come here and just experience 
early 20th century steam railroading like they would have 
back then.   
((NATS - Train))    
((Robert, Train Rider))   
I think it’s very historical.  It's very entertaining and 
educational and I really enjoyed it.  And trains are such a 
part of the fabric of this country, in fact, a lot of nations in the 
world.  So, it's nice to go back and see how the trains 
operated in history.   
((Polly Campbell, Train Rider))  
Well, it's fun and I enjoy it because the scenery is so 
different, and it just takes you way back in time.  
((NATS – Train))    
((Steve Barrall, Station Manager, Strasburg Railroad)) 
The short line railroad is essentially a short connection of rail 
from one point to another, and in our case, we exist as this 
short connection between Strasburg Borough and then the 
mainline.   
((NATS – Train….up, under))    
((Ryan Merrill, Train Master, Strasburg Railroad))
So, the railroad was chartered in 1832, June of 1832.  And 
we're the oldest continuously operating railroad in North 
America.   
((NATS – Train….up, under))    
((Ryan Merrill, Train Master, Strasburg Railroad))  
So, the town people wanted a way to get to the outside 
world.  So, they were granted a railroad in 1832 and laid 
four-and-a-half miles of track, still the same length that we 
are today.  And it was a freight and passenger conveyance 
until about 1950, when the railroad had fallen to the wayside 
by truck and airplane, and truck and car traffic, and train 
travel wasn't really a thing any longer.   
((NATS – Train….up, under))    
((Ryan Merrill, Train Master, Strasburg Railroad)) 
People flock to this area to Lancaster County, to the Amish 
countryside, to see steam locomotives and to see the Amish, 
both of which we carry out today.   
((NATS – Train….up, under))   
((Carol, Train Rider))  
It was fun to feel the sway back and forth and the slow 
pace.  It does take you back in time, and it is something 
that's unique, and I think everybody should at least have a 
chance to experience something like this for an old steam 
engine that you don't see anymore.  And it's nice to go back.
((NATS – Train))   

 
((PKG))  BUFFALO WINGS RESTAURANT   
((Banner:  Tasting)) 
((Reporter:  Mariia Prus))
((Camera:  Konstiantyn Golubchik))  
((Adapted by:  Zdenko Novacki)) 
((Map:  Buffalo, New York))
((Main characters:  1 male, 1 female)) 
((Sub characters:  2 males)) 
((NATS – cooking))
((Anthony Watkins, Assistant General Manager, Anchor 
Bar)) 
The chicken wings are the most important thing here.  That 
little piece of wing, believe that that’s the most important 
thing we got here. 
((Pop-Up Banner:  ‘A good sports bar needs three 
things: beer on tap, a television on the wall and a menu 
that offers Buffalo wings’ - Time Magazine))  
((NATS – restaurant…..under)) 
((Michelle Buchholz,  Marketing Director, Anchor Bar)) 
The Anchor Bar has been in business since 1935.  We did 
have another location on the water and that's where the 
name came from, Anchor Bar.   
((Michelle Buchholz, Marketing Director, Anchor Bar)) 
In 1964, Teressa Bellissimo was the owner and the mom of 
the bartender that night, Dominic.  Dominic was bartending 
and his friends came in the bar at about two in the morning 
and they were hungry and took those wings that are sitting 
on the side of her soup pot.  And she fried them in some nice 
fresh oil, deep fried them, and then she created her own 
sauce.  
((NATS – restaurant)) 
((Anthony Watkins, Assistant General Manager, Anchor 
Bar)) 
Well, the chicken wings are cooking right now in about 350, 
350 degrees (170c) right now.  So, it usually takes 15 to18 
minutes for chicken wings.  So, these aren’t quite ready yet, 
but they’ll be ready soon to pull up before we can toss them 
in the sauce and put them out for use. 
((NATS – restaurant)) 
((Wex, Tourist from Texas)) 
We wanted to see, to come to the original wing place.  So, 
we looked it up and found this place, and so we decided to 
try it out today.  We love wings, and so we want to try their 
wings for the first time.  Very good, it was very good, best 
wings we’ve had.  
((Wex’s Son)) 
I want to come back.  
((NATS – restaurant)) 
((Michelle Buchholz, Marketing Director, Anchor Bar)) 
Chicken wings are in high demand, especially during, like, 
football season and hockey season.   
((NATS – restaurant)) 
((Michelle Buchholz, Marketing Director, Anchor Bar)) 
So, yes, in very high demand for the Super Bowl and, you 
know, the fall and sports time of year it's hard to get chicken 
wings, believe it or not.   
((NATS – restaurant)) 
((Michelle Buchholz, Marketing Director, Anchor Bar)) 
We serve over 2000 pounds (907kg) a week of wings, which 
is a lot of wings, right?  
((NATS – restaurant))   
((Michelle Buchholz, Marketing Director, Anchor Bar))  
We have 15 locations all across the U.S. and Canada, five 
locations being in Canada, and we're growing, we're 
expanding.  
((NATS – restaurant)) 
 
 
((PKG))  OLDEST WINERY   
((Banner:  Sipping)) 
((Reporter:  Valdya Baraputri)) 
((Camera:  Supriyono))  
((Adapted by:  Philip Alexiou)) 
((Map:  Napa Valley, California)) 
((Main character:  1 male)) 
((NATS/Music….up and under)) 
((Peter Mondavi Jr., Co-Proprietor, Charles Krug 
Winery)) 
The look for here is, squish the skin to see what color we 
have, and so we're starting to get some good color.  So, 
these are in the process of turning.  But you can see the 
inside is, the inside is pulp, is not red.  
((NATS/Music….up and under)) 
((Peter Mondavi Jr., Co-Proprietor, Charles Krug 
Winery)) 
My name is Peter Mondavi Junior.  I am co-proprietor of 
Charles Krug Winery here in Napa Valley, also serve as the 
Board of Directors as well.   But really at this point, play an 
ambassador for the brands around the country here in the 
United States, and do work with our team on a strategic 
level.   
((NATS/Music….up and under)) 
((Peter Mondavi Jr., Co-Proprietor, Charles Krug 
Winery)) 
So, what's great about having the oldest winery in Napa 
Valley, is the rich history, the heritage, the authenticity that 
comes with that, with that legacy.  Some of the challenges 
that we face are, how do we keep it fresh?  How do we keep 
it relevant with the newer, the younger consumers?  How do 
we introduce them to, not only the history, but to our really 
cutting-edge winemaking that we have here at Charles 
Krug.   
((NATS/Music….up and under)) 
((Peter Mondavi Jr., Co-Proprietor, Charles Krug 
Winery)) 
My wine knowledge has been gained through, some people 
say, the school of hard knocks, just being here working in 
it.  My education, I have a Bachelors in Mechanical 
Engineering and then a Masters and an MBA in 
Management.  So, I supplemented my knowledge that I 
gained here, working directly with winemaking and vineyard 
growing, with that of business and engineering as well, 
which really helps out in the winemaking process. 
((NATS - inside the winery)) 
((Peter Mondavi Jr., Co-Proprietor, Charles Krug 
Winery)) 
Describing a beautiful wine is, I think, akin to or parallel to 
describing art.  It's really a personal experience and our 
wines are a reflection of us, our passion.  Now what I love 
about a great wine is a wine that really expresses the 
varietal, whether it's Cabernet or Sauvignon Blanc.  It 
expresses where it's been grown because you can grow the 
same grape in different areas, and it will taste distinctly 
different.  We like to express that, and it should be 
balanced.   
((Peter Mondavi Jr., Co-Proprietor, Charles Krug 
Winery)) 
We are sustainable here at Charles Krug, as are many of the 
wineries and wine growers here in Napa Valley.  We're 
extremely sensitive to the environment, the local 
environment, and when we talk about sustainability, it's really 
a very broad spectrum of sustainability, not only in the 
vineyards, but society here, living conditions, so that this 
winery, this Napa Valley, will be here for generations to 
come, as one of the great wine growing regions of the world.  
((NATS/Music….up, under and out)) 


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((NATS)) 
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((NATS)) 
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